War Memory, Nationalism and Education in Postwar Japan: The Japanese History Textbook Controversy and Ienaga Saburo's Court Challenges(Routledge Contemporary Japan Series)

Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

This innovative book examines the history textbook controversy in Japan. It sets the controversy in the context of debates about memory and education, and in relation to evolving politics both within Japan, and in Japan's relations with its neighbours and former colonies. Winner of the American Educational Research Association 2009 Outstanding Book Award in the Curriculum Studies category.